Coropuna
Most precipitation falls as hail or snow. This happens mostly during the summer wet season, between December and March, when the ITCZ moves south and a summer monsoon is active over South America. Most precipitation is brought by easterly winds coming from the Amazon and the Atlantic Ocean, whereas the westerly winds that dominate during the dry season do not carry much moisture. Thus, humidity generally decreases in a westward direction.
Details
- Age
- {{ubl|Early Pliocene – Holocene| – 1 ka}}
- Type
- Stratovolcano complex
- Range
- Cordillera Occidental, Peruvian Andes
- Geology
- Geology
- Map Alt
- A topographic map of Peru within South America
- Etymology
- Etymology
- Image Alt
- A snow-covered mountain with two hump-like summits rising above an unvegetated landscape with a lake
- Other Name
- Nevado Coropuna
- Elevation M
- 6377
- Translation
- "Golden mountain", "cold, snowy" or "cut off at the top"
- First Ascent
- possibly prehistoric
- Last Eruption
- 1,100 ± 100 or 700 ± 200 years ago
- Volcanic Belt
- Andean Volcanic Belt